The Linux installation is just from source. To use the source package of dpdak you need to install the free Python programming language and some additional libraries. Most Linux systems have Python installed by default.

The current version of dpdak needs the following Python version and packages:

Please make sure to choose the correct package versions for your Python installation. E.g. if you installed Python 2.7.11 32-bit you need to install all packages in their 2.7 version for 32-bit as well.

On current Debian Linux distributions (Debian 8, Debian 9 ...) you can install all necessary packages via the package manager synaptic,or you can use the python install tool pip:

pip install requests

e.g. pip install hdf5plugin

For other Linux distributions please check the websites for installation instructions.

Note that to make use of the 'ImageIntegrationSubBG (Fit2D)' plugin, you also have to install some 32-bit libraries. E.g. on Debian 8 you have to do following steps: